tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post8143941580568939969..comments2024-03-27T19:13:29.794+00:00Comments on A K Haart: FollowershipA K Haarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-4740499190175108742012-07-08T15:15:40.154+01:002012-07-08T15:15:40.154+01:00James - yes they will, and this feeds on itself be...James - yes they will, and this feeds on itself because we tend to trust consensus.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-42503560845530398012012-07-08T12:07:56.645+01:002012-07-08T12:07:56.645+01:00People will always follow the one who appears to h...People will always follow the one who appears to have the answers.James Highamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14525082702330365464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-87776568334119424232012-07-06T17:21:28.951+01:002012-07-06T17:21:28.951+01:00Mark - it is flimsy, and easy to abuse, yet we can...Mark - it is flimsy, and easy to abuse, yet we can't do without it.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-63677075293668523732012-07-06T14:58:01.723+01:002012-07-06T14:58:01.723+01:00The whole of society, i.e. the nation-state is bas...The whole of society, i.e. the nation-state is based on the idea of 'followership'. Now, it happens that nation-states are a good way of organising things, or at least, better than all the alternatives, being either anarchy, permanent warfare or empires, but it just shows how flimsy the whole thing is.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-69184231610387744342012-07-06T10:05:19.072+01:002012-07-06T10:05:19.072+01:00Roger - I agree, it is survival and that's why...Roger - I agree, it is survival and that's why it won't go away. It leads to all kinds of problems as you say, but it also provides the only real social glue we seem to have come up with.<br /><br />Those of us who try to stand outside can only do so to a limited degree and even then it may be personally damaging.A K Haarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05897490979828603179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481298417819219839.post-35851837705190189802012-07-06T09:44:24.217+01:002012-07-06T09:44:24.217+01:00Possibly tells us more about the relationship betw...Possibly tells us more about the relationship between Yale students and lab-rats. No matter, if you think about Nazi Germany which of us would refuse to slam the gas-chamber door? The choice being them or me and my family? There is the nub.<br /><br />Now move on to the corporate world. If you are young and ambitious and want to move up the incentive is to look sharp. You soon learn what works in selling and in filling out expenses, if you don't you get sidelined. Later on darker skills are needed to keep up with alimony, private school fees and that little French property. This is not identifying with the boss, this is plain survival. Hence bankers and dodgy journalists. <br /><br />Now take the recent M6-Electrofag incident, looks like ridiculous overeaction. But look at the incentives driving the officer in charge - if you say 'sod it, it's only an Electrofag' you are liable to get carpeted, so call out the cavalry and make a meal of it, no-one dare criticise you. Incentives and Best Practice manuals, the road to hell is paved with them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com